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Location: Addlestone, England, United Kingdom 
Job ID: 78959 

We Elevate... Quality of urban life

 

Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, you’ll discover meaningful work that enhances quality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. We combine innovation, safety, and high ethical standards, ensuring respect both among colleagues and for the world around us. By joining us, you don’t just become part of our success story; you help shape the future and continue our rich legacy that started back in 1874.

 

Join us as a

NI Custom/Mid Range Project Manager

 

Your main responsibilities

We are currently recruiting for a NI Custom/Mid Range Project Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for for the complete delivery of lifts and escalator products, ensuring maximum efficiency, best use of resource and best-demonstrated practise. The project manager plans, directs, and coordinates the activities on all allocated projects to ensure the company objectives are accomplished within programme and to the agreed contribution, utilising company approved methods and reporting systems. When required, the Project Manager may also assist sales representatives to win projects. This is a full time and permanent role based out of our Addlestone Office in Surrey.

 

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Manage the interface with all key clients and designers during the project
  • Responsible for the delivery of large projects achieving the agreed objectives on time and within budget in a safe and controlled environment
  • Plan, monitor and coordinate all technical aspects throughout each phases of the project:  sales, pre-tender, pre-construction, construction, commissioning & handover
  • Ensure projects are progressed throughout all phases of the tender negotiation and contract delivery 
  • Act as a single point of contact for customer on each project
  • Total responsibility for ensuring all site field employees are fully trained and briefed in the site project procedures, with particular reference to CDM requirements with regard to Health, Safety and Environmental issues
  • Creating a safe working environment for all of those who come into contact with our activities and equipment
  • Manage the permit to work system on site and ensure that full co-operation and co-ordination takes place from, to and between all his subordinates and all other parties/subcontractors on site
  • Ensuring regular progress reporting of the design, production, installation and commissioning
  • Implementing agreed processes for the production, control and distribution of design information
  • Personally, ensuring the identification of site problems and liaising with the Project Team to mitigate the effects of any such issues to the mutual benefit of the project
  • Review the contract specification for each project and coordinate with order processing and engineering and manage SPN
  • Managing contract variations and contractual terms and conditions
  • Assist in the valuation of monthly accounts in terms of percentage completion
  • Provide in process quality checks and attend appropriate meetings as required
  • Achieve zero defects in our own work and that of our subcontractors and ensure adequate & suitable labour resource
  • Manage the beneficial use of the goods lifts
  • Develop skills and abilities of workforce
  • All employees are required to work in accordance with established Company Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure compliance with current UK legal requirements and Schindler Group safety requirements 
  • Employees must comply with Company Health & Safety requirements and set a personal example of safe behaviour 
  • Employees will be required to contribute to the Company safety objectives, where necessary by maintaining/monitoring current safety systems under their direct control and implementing agreed changes (where applicable) to Schindler Ltd occupational health and safety management system
     
 

What you bring

Candidate Requirements:

  • At least 5 years Lift Industry experience, preferably in the New Equipment Installation 
  • Thorough knowledge of design and construction processes 
  • Management/Supervision, commercial, technical and installation background with ability to translate specification & construction issues into workable solutions
  • A thorough knowledge and technical expertise with Lifts and Escalators and methods of operation would be beneficial
  • Previous experience in managing field personnel
  • Vision to identify beneficial solutions
  • Excellent Planning and Leadership skills
  • Good communication skills are necessary at all levels; customer representative, internal customers and all staff on site
  • Literate & numerate
  • Position requires working flexibility and periodic travelling

 

 

What’s in it for you?

  • Join our purpose-driven organization. Help shape an industry in which two billion people rely on our products and services every day.
  • Your development matters to us. We help you grow by offering the support you need to develop your skills and access a rewarding and fulfilling career.
  • Thrive in a diverse and supportive culture. Through local and global initiatives, we promote a culture of inclusion which celebrates diversity and ensures that everyone feels valued.
 

We Elevate… Your Career

 

Become part of our team, help us enhance quality of life and drive innovation while raising the bar for safety and sustainability. We value your diverse skills and perspectives as together we shape the sustainable cities of today and tomorrow.

Are you ready to embark on a new journey? Join #TeamSchindler! 
Discover more on our career website.

 

At Schindler Group we value inclusion and diversity, and practise equity to create equal opportunities for all. We endeavour that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, ethnic background, colour, religious affiliation, union affiliation, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, nationality, genetics and health or disability.

 

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